"Pseudo-MPEC" for 1963-039A = NORAD 00674 = Vela 1A

Created 2019 Mar 25 23:46:08 UT using Find_Orb

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 Astrometry: 
     C04TQC1  C2019 03 06.24700 09 37 38.55 -14 00 45.3    ~366m 16.1 GVNEOCP703
     C04TQC1  C2019 03 06.25229 09 38 08.79 -13 53 42.4    ~366m 15.9 GVNEOCP703
     C04TQC1  C2019 03 06.25759 09 38 39.17 -13 46 32.7    ~366m       VNEOCP703
     C04TQC1  C2019 03 06.26288 09 39 09.48 -13 39 25.4    ~366m 15.8 GVNEOCP703
     C04TQC1  C2019 03 06.31343 09 44 05.18 -12 28 34.2    ~3683 16.4 GVNEOCPI52
     C04TQC1  C2019 03 06.31362 09 44 06.30 -12 28 18.2    ~3683 16.5 GVNEOCPI52
     C04TQC1  C2019 03 06.31380 09 44 07.41 -12 28 01.9    ~3683 16.6 GVNEOCPI52
     C04TQC1  C2019 03 06.31399 09 44 08.54 -12 27 45.6    ~3683 16.5 GVNEOCPI52
     C04TQC1  CK190306:07341330 145.96161   -12.46455            16.5 GV     H01
     C04TQC1  CK190306:07445493 146.15188   -12.28425            16.9 GV     H01
     C04TQC1  CK190306:07574475 146.38295   -12.06628            17.0 GV     H01
     C04TQC1  CK190306:08100484 146.60834   -11.85496            17.4 GV     H01
     ZTF02so  C2019 03 25.33816313 31 09.27 +22 27 01.5    ~3PKV 14.91iUNEOCPI41
     ZTF02so  C2019 03 25.33850913 31 16.48 +22 28 02.8    ~3PKV 14.91iUNEOCPI41
     ZTF02so  C2019 03 25.36228813 39 40.12 +23 37 25.0    ~3PKV 15.72RUNEOCPI41
     ZTF02so  C2019 03 25.36263513 39 47.55 +23 38 25.0    ~3PKV 15.72RUNEOCPI41

Station data:
(703) Catalina Sky Survey  (N32.417006 W110.732640)  US/Arizona.  Observers
   B. M. Africano, E. J. Christensen, G. A. Farneth, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs,
   A. D. Grauer, H. Groeller, J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G.
   J. Leonard, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly. 0.68 m Schmidt + 10K CCD.
(H01) Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro  (N33.984833 W107.189333)  US/New
   Mexico.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan. Measurer W. H. Ryan.
(I41) Palomar Mountain--ZTF  (N33.357340 W116.859780)  US/California. 1.2-m
   f/2.44 Oschin Schmidt + CCD.
(I52) Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station  (N32.442547 W110.788920)
   US/Arizona.  Observers B. M. Africano, E. J. Christensen, G. A. Farneth,
   D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, H. Groeller, J. A. Johnson, R. A.
   Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly. 1.0-m
   reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:  1963-039A = NORAD 00674 = Vela 1A
   Perigee 2019 Mar 25.916228 +/- 0.000519 TT = 21:59:22 (JD 2458568.416228)
Epoch 2019 Mar 25.0 TT = JDT 2458567.5                        Gray
M 286.79901809 +/- 0.043            (J2000 equator)
n  79.89383029 +/- 0.00179          Peri.  134.08010 +/- 0.032
a115237.725 +/- 1.72                Node   162.70173 +/- 0.00033
e   0.3898114 +/- 0.000179          Incl.   34.15630 +/- 0.00026
P6488.49m/4.506d           H 30.7   G  0.15   U  8.5
q 70316.7398 +/- 19.8    Q 160158.711 +/- 22.8
From 16 observations 2019 Mar. 6-25; mean residual 1".806
Residuals in arcseconds: 
190306 703 .303+ .650-    190306 I52 .084+ .292+    190325 I41 3.95- 4.11-
190306 703 .315- 1.77-    190306 I52 .020- .142+    190325 I41 3.08- 3.59-
190306 703 .081- .100+    190306 H01 .487+ .475+    190325 I41 3.21+ 3.14+
190306 703 .621- 2.61-    190306 H01 .710+ .690+    190325 I41 1.89+ 2.89+
190306 I52 .156- .019+    190306 H01 .831+ .804+
190306 I52 .399- .426-    190306 H01 1.26+ 1.25+

Ephemerides (geocentric):
Date (UTC) HH   RA              Dec         delta  elong  mag " sig PA
---- -- -- --  -------------   -----------  ------ -----  --- ---- ---
2019 03 26 00  21 10 57.610   +15 57 21.49   71146  48.0 20?? 15.7 122
2019 03 26 01  21 38 51.832   +11 48 39.12   72140  40.6 20?? 12.5 124
2019 03 26 02  22 05 04.012   +07 38 25.48   73485  33.6 21?? 8.90 126
2019 03 26 03  22 29 44.043   +03 32 44.11   75146  27.1 23?? 5.15 128
2019 03 26 04  22 53 02.481   -00 23 46.40   77081  21.4 24?? 1.42 140
2019 03 26 05  23 15 09.419   -04 07 49.31   79249  16.9 26?? 2.34 115
2019 03 26 06  23 36 13.902   -07 37 19.29   81609  14.3 27?? 5.82 120
2019 03 26 07  23 56 23.719   -10 51 08.74   84123  14.0 28?? 9.08 120
2019 03 26 08  00 15 45.385   -13 48 54.02   86755  15.9 27?? 12.1 120
2019 03 26 09  00 34 24.238   -16 30 43.06   89475  18.9 25?? 14.8 119
2019 03 26 10  00 52 24.584   -18 57 05.26   92254  22.6 24?? 17.3 118
2019 03 26 11  01 09 49.848   -21 08 43.71   95070  26.3 23?? 19.5 117
2019 03 26 12  01 26 42.734   -23 06 29.36   97902  30.1 23?? 21.5 115
2019 03 26 13  01 43 05.359   -24 51 16.97  100734  33.7 22?? 23.2 114
2019 03 26 14  01 58 59.376   -26 24 02.26  103550  37.3 22?? 24.8 112
2019 03 26 15  02 14 26.083   -27 45 40.11  106340  40.7 21?? 26.2 110
2019 03 26 16  02 29 26.511   -28 57 03.33  109093  43.9 21?? 27.4 109
2019 03 26 17  02 44 01.496   -29 59 02.01  111800  47.0 21?? 28.5 107
2019 03 26 18  02 58 11.743   -30 52 23.11  114456  50.0 20?? 29.5 105
2019 03 26 19  03 11 57.871   -31 37 50.36  117055  52.9 20?? 30.4 103
2019 03 26 20  03 25 20.451   -32 16 04.20  119591  55.7 20?? 31.1 102
2019 03 26 21  03 38 20.031   -32 47 41.85  122061  58.3 20?? 31.8 100
2019 03 26 22  03 50 57.160   -33 13 17.49  124463  60.8 20.1 32.4  98
2019 03 26 23  04 03 12.396   -33 33 22.39  126792  63.3 19.9 33.0  97
2019 03 27 00  04 15 06.317   -33 48 25.08  129048  65.7 19.8 33.4  95
2019 03 27 01  04 26 39.525   -33 58 51.56  131229  68.0 19.7 33.8  93
2019 03 27 02  04 37 52.646   -34 05 05.47  133333  70.2 19.6 34.2  92
2019 03 27 03  04 48 46.325   -34 07 28.28  135360  72.3 19.5 34.5  90
2019 03 27 04  04 59 21.231   -34 06 19.44  137308  74.4 19.4 34.8  89
2019 03 27 05  05 09 38.046   -34 01 56.56  139177  76.5 19.3 35.1  87
2019 03 27 06  05 19 37.465   -33 54 35.58  140966  78.5 19.2 35.3  86
2019 03 27 07  05 29 20.188   -33 44 30.86  142676  80.4 19.2 35.5  85
2019 03 27 08  05 38 46.920   -33 31 55.39  144306  82.3 19.1 35.6  83
2019 03 27 09  05 47 58.363   -33 17 00.83  145856  84.1 19.1 35.8  82
2019 03 27 10  05 56 55.215   -32 59 57.70  147325  85.9 19.0 35.9  81
2019 03 27 11  06 05 38.166   -32 40 55.43  148715  87.7 18.9 36.0  80
2019 03 27 12  06 14 07.897   -32 20 02.47  150024  89.5 18.9 36.0  79
2019 03 27 13  06 22 25.074   -31 57 26.40  151253  91.2 18.8 36.1  78
2019 03 27 14  06 30 30.351   -31 33 13.97  152402  92.8 18.8 36.1  77
2019 03 27 15  06 38 24.366   -31 07 31.19  153472  94.5 18.7 36.2  76
2019 03 27 16  06 46 07.739   -30 40 23.42  154461  96.1 18.7 36.2  75
2019 03 27 17  06 53 41.076   -30 11 55.37  155371  97.8 18.6 36.2  74
2019 03 27 18  07 01 04.965   -29 42 11.23  156202  99.3 18.6 36.1  73
2019 03 27 19  07 08 19.976   -29 11 14.62  156953 100.9 18.5 36.1  72
2019 03 27 20  07 15 26.665   -28 39 08.73  157626 102.5 18.5 36.1  71
2019 03 27 21  07 22 25.571   -28 05 56.30  158219 104.0 18.5 36.0  70
2019 03 27 22  07 29 17.217   -27 31 39.65  158733 105.6 18.4 35.9  69
2019 03 27 23  07 36 02.112   -26 56 20.75  159168 107.1 18.4 35.9  69
2019 03 28 00  07 42 40.752   -26 20 01.21  159525 108.6 18.3 35.8  68
2019 03 28 01  07 49 13.622   -25 42 42.32  159803 110.1 18.3 35.7  67
2019 03 28 02  07 55 41.193   -25 04 25.06  160003 111.6 18.2 35.6  67
2019 03 28 03  08 02 03.929   -24 25 10.13  160124 113.1 18.2 35.5  66
2019 03 28 04  08 08 22.283   -23 44 57.95  160166 114.6 18.1 35.3  65
2019 03 28 05  08 14 36.704   -23 03 48.69  160130 116.1 18.1 35.2  65
2019 03 28 06  08 20 47.632   -22 21 42.27  160016 117.6 18.0 35.1  64
2019 03 28 07  08 26 55.505   -21 38 38.35  159823 119.1 18.0 34.9  64
2019 03 28 08  08 33 00.759   -20 54 36.38  159552 120.6 18.0 34.7  63
2019 03 28 09  08 39 03.828   -20 09 35.56  159202 122.0 17.9 34.6  62
2019 03 28 10  08 45 05.149   -19 23 34.90  158773 123.5 17.9 34.4  62
2019 03 28 11  08 51 05.161   -18 36 33.13  158266 125.0 17.8 34.2  61
2019 03 28 12  08 57 04.308   -17 48 28.79  157680 126.6 17.8 34.0  61
2019 03 28 13  09 03 03.044   -16 59 20.20  157015 128.1 17.7 33.8  61
2019 03 28 14  09 09 01.831   -16 09 05.43  156271 129.6 17.6 33.5  60
2019 03 28 15  09 15 01.145   -15 17 42.31  155448 131.1 17.6 33.3  60
2019 03 28 16  09 21 01.479   -14 25 08.46  154546 132.7 17.5 33.0  59
2019 03 28 17  09 27 03.343   -13 31 21.23  153565 134.2 17.5 32.8  59
2019 03 28 18  09 33 07.271   -12 36 17.73  152504 135.8 17.4 32.5  59
2019 03 28 19  09 39 13.826   -11 39 54.80  151363 137.4 17.4 32.2  58
2019 03 28 20  09 45 23.600   -10 42 09.00  150143 139.0 17.3 31.9  58
2019 03 28 21  09 51 37.225   -09 42 56.64  148843 140.6 17.2 31.6  58
2019 03 28 22  09 57 55.374   -08 42 13.70  147463 142.2 17.2 31.2  58
2019 03 28 23  10 04 18.770   -07 39 55.88  146003 143.9 17.1 30.9  57
2019 03 29 00  10 10 48.195   -06 35 58.57  144464 145.5 17.0 30.5  57
2019 03 29 01  10 17 24.498   -05 30 16.85  142844 147.2 17.0 30.1  57
2019 03 29 02  10 24 08.604   -04 22 45.46  141145 148.9 16.9 29.7  57
2019 03 29 03  10 31 01.530   -03 13 18.85  139367 150.6 16.8 29.2  57
2019 03 29 04  10 38 04.397   -02 01 51.14  137509 152.3 16.7 28.8  57
2019 03 29 05  10 45 18.445   -00 48 16.17  135572 153.9 16.7 28.3  57
2019 03 29 06  10 52 45.059   +00 27 32.48  133558 155.6 16.6 27.7  57
2019 03 29 07  11 00 25.785   +01 45 41.43  131466 157.2 16.5 27.2  57